Throughout the tenth season of Dallas, a brand new character confirmed as much as declare her share of the Ewing fortune. From that time till the fourteenth and closing season, Sheree J. Wilson performed April Stevens Ewing. The character is remembered for scheming her means into riches and for her eventual dramatic demise.
However, whereas Wilson was a part of probably the most well-liked TV reveals of all time, Dallas is not the one hit sequence the model-turned-actor appeared in. The now 63-year-old additionally starred on Walker, Texas Ranger reverse Chuck Norris, and he or she’s nonetheless performing in the present day. Learn on to seek out out extra about Wilson’s life after Dallas.
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Wilson starred on Dallas from 1986 to 1991. Then, from 1993 to 2001, she starred as assistant district lawyer Alex Cahill on Walker, Texas Ranger. Along with these roles, she additionally appeared in motion pictures together with Crimewave and Hellbound and sequence together with Matlock and Pink. Extra lately, she’s performed roles in a variety of TV Christmas motion pictures, together with A Mermaid for Christmas and Christmas Belle. Wilson additionally has her personal manufacturing firm known as Sandalphon Leisure.
Over the previous few years, Wilson and Walker, Texas Ranger co-star Clarence Gilyard have been starring in a touring manufacturing of Driving Miss Daisy collectively.
“We’re simply having a ball,” she informed GetTV. “We have bought out in all places from Albuquerque to South Carolina. Texas—we simply did 5 days in Dallas. Oh my gosh. We had such a good time as a result of all of the Walker, Texas Ranger crew—the hairdressers, drivers, grips, gaffers— all people confirmed up. Chuck Norris’ son, Mike Norris, was within the entrance row waving at me.”
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Wilson has been married twice and has two kids, Luke and Nicholas, along with her first husband, Paul DeRobbio. Since 2018, she has been married to Vince Morella, and in keeping with her web site, they dwell in Dallas.
Wilson determined to go away Dallas—the present—mid-way via the ultimate season when she was anticipating her first youngster. “I used to be pregnant with my first youngster and requested to be killed off in grand vogue,” she informed The Spectrum. “My closing scene was filmed in sluggish movement and fairly a dramatic method to finish my April Stevens character.”
Wilson has met up with a few of her Dallas co-stars at totally different occasions through the years, together with the thirtieth anniversary reunion in 2008, which was held on the Southfork Ranch in Texas the place the present was filmed.
She mirrored on her profession in a 2018 interview with TV Grapevine. “I’ve had a really charmed profession with two prime reveals for CBS operating for over 13 years,” she mentioned. “Dallas was a dream job after which I acquired Walker, Texas Ranger to proceed the dream! I’ve additionally been blessed with working with so many main gifted actors and actresses on tv, movie and stage.”
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